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This is a week of celebration, for the lives of so many incredible authors, who strangely, were born and died on this day. It was Shakespeare’s 450th anniversary this week. This week it’s also exactly 450 years since he died. It’s the day when Spain’s most famous author Cervantes died. Iceland’s Nobel Winning author Laxness and

The red carpet has already been rolled out this year for film festivals including the Golden Globes, the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. But have you ever thought about watching the foreign-language entries? Movies, TV shows and web series like busuu’s ‘London Central’ are useful for helping you improve your language skills.

What did you think of our facts and fun questions about English on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ for our Language of the Month in October? Here’s a taste of what we talked about, as well as news of a challenging language for November! Ask a native speaker Heather, the busuu team’s native English speaker, was